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CNET gives five reasons why not to buy an iPod







CNET gives five reasons why not to buy
an iPod

CNET gives five reasons why not to buy
an iPod
11/07/2003 11:09 AM

Deliberately courting the ire of Apple lovers everywhere, Eliot Van Buskirk of CNET gives five reasons why not to buy an iPod: its battery life is too short, you can't/shouldn't jog with it, it's expensive, you can't use it to make high-quality recordings, and it doesn't work with any of the other online music stores besides iTunes. All true, but it says a lot about the excellence of the iPod's design that it has been able to make people overlook its shortcomings. Read...




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Focus on jobs
Outsourcing creeps
up supply chain

Groups warn against
mobile eye clinics

Cisco's crumbs of
optimism barely
sustain its fans

Tundra heats up in
second quarter

U.N. delays treaty
on human cloning

Google unveils
browser-free search

Copps calls for
review into media
ownership

Google unveils tool
for Web-searching
without browser

Site Uses Web to
Make Real-Life
Meetings

MS price policy firm
despite open source

Domestic PC Sales to
Remain Stagnant

iTunes claims early
win vs. Napster

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